tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4032450846239938332.post7020393674296770449..comments2018-02-18T18:23:32.565-06:00Comments on Mad Mad Mad Mad Movies: Satanico Pandemonium (1975): Or, Spiked Penance Belts Save LivesThe Vicar of VHShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06832137990485130735noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4032450846239938332.post-70518265703900963872009-01-27T13:05:00.000-06:002009-01-27T13:05:00.000-06:00Hmmmm, a bride of Christ, or slave to Satan... the...Hmmmm, a bride of Christ, or slave to Satan... the choice for some of us is pretty obvious.<BR/><BR/>Now where'd I leave that pitchfork polish?Karswellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15889717828895556186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4032450846239938332.post-66220285937716478072009-01-20T08:19:00.000-06:002009-01-20T08:19:00.000-06:00First of all, thank you both for the kind comments...First of all, thank you both for the kind comments. I do aim to please.<BR/><BR/>Second of all, my #1 dream in life is now to see made a movie called "Women in God's Prison". I shall be the executive producer, of course, as well as talent scout. Vicar, you shall direct, and perform the duties of nipple icer. Kate, you can be the cinematographer, and I will accept no less than 30 iced-nipple close-ups per hour of footage.<BR/><BR/>We'll shoot entirely in 70mm, use THX-rated sound, and spend around $30 million on promotion alone, which will include Crucifix Fleshlights handed out at the premiere.<BR/><BR/>Too bad Alfred Bailou has passed. He would be the perfect warden...The Duke of DVDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04931606833969681610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4032450846239938332.post-34668600476742133402009-01-20T07:53:00.000-06:002009-01-20T07:53:00.000-06:00Excellent review as always, Duke! Thanks for grac...Excellent review as always, Duke! Thanks for gracing us with your noble wisdom. And Nude Gypsy Satan. I must posit that the Satan in this movie is perhaps the suavest ever committed to film--he's one cool dude, and he demonstrates in the end that can rock a devilish Liberace cape like no other.<BR/><BR/>As to the Vicar's point regarding the supernatural forces at play in "Alucarda" and "Satanico Pandemonium"--both are Mexican films, and I think it reflects the culture that these movies are less erotic fare (like most of their Euro and Asian counterparts) than they are allegorical films that include erotic elements. The nunsploitation genre is basically "Women In God's Prison" at its core, and here it's a spiritual, rather than a literal, imprisonment. I don't perceive either approach as being more or less cynical--if you look at "Flavia the Heretic," for example, that is not a cynical film in spite of its distinctly un-supernatural stance. And "School of the Holy Beast" isn't cynical--it's fucking INSANE ;)<BR/><BR/>Word verification--Conves! I'm a couple letters short of hilarious synchronicity.Tenebrous Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10032561062849200919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4032450846239938332.post-49980672966705814922009-01-19T17:52:00.000-06:002009-01-19T17:52:00.000-06:00Duke! I'm so happy to hear that you've returned to...Duke! I'm so happy to hear that you've returned to the castle safely and are up to your old tricks again! Of course the Blood Moon a fortnight ago should have been my first clue that something Ducal this way came...<BR/><BR/>And what a stellar return. <I>Satanico Pandemonium</I> is definitely one of my top nunsploitationers as well--it has everything you want and more. The "more" of course being Nude Gypsy Satan.<BR/><BR/>As to the "it was all a dream" ending here, I took the movie to be the spiritual temptations the plague-ridden Sister Maria was going through on her deathbed, given visual representation. Thus her embrace of Satan right before her actual death is a sign that, despite a life of nunnery and devotion, at the last moment she pitched headlong into the very pits of Hell. It's a very medieval morality-play type story, the moral being: God's just waiting for one little excuse to roast your ass, so watch it.<BR/><BR/>You know I share your love for <I>Alucarda</I>, and recently I got to see <I>School of the Holy Beast</I> for the first time. I agree that SP comes in 3rd to those two (or perhaps fourth...details to come soon, I hope), but what rarefied company. <BR/><BR/>This brings up an interesting point: <I>Alucarda</I> and <I>Satanico Pandemonium</I> both have the Devil and supernatural happenings as part of their narrative, while <I>School of the Holy Beast</I>, <I>The Killer Nun</I>, and others take a more worldly, non-supernatural approach. I think the latter is much more cynical, don't you? It's not the Devil making them do these things, but mere human corruption in a universe where God either doesn't exist or else has thrown up His hands and turned away. I know which variation *I* prefer, but I'd be interested to hear what your subjects and my parishioners think.<BR/><BR/>Welcome back!The Vicar of VHShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06832137990485130735noreply@blogger.com